Tanya NeumeyerDreaming of a more accessible post-pandemic worldOne of the things I love about being a poet is that I get to be part of important cultural conversations. I’ve been in the room listening…4 min read·May 20, 2020----
Tanya NeumeyerHow to move your event online or tools for community building in a pandemicSince we put our first poetry slam online on March 14th, I’ve been fielding questions on how to move other events online. I’m happy to…6 min read·Apr 9, 2020----
Tanya NeumeyerHow to host a poetry slam onlineThe Toronto Poetry Slam organizing team cancelled our regularly scheduled slam at the Drake Underground on Saturday, March 14th because of…7 min read·Mar 16, 2020--1--1
Tanya NeumeyerQueer GriefTo grieve is human. What else distinguishes our humanity? We face losses and the big ones change us. The loss of my wife’s grandad hit me…4 min read·Mar 13, 2020----
Tanya NeumeyerThe value of lived experienceLast year I had the privilege of co-facilitating Sherbourne Health’s first 20 week peer leadership program. Here’s what I learned…4 min read·Feb 16, 2020----
Tanya NeumeyerAn Unlikely PoetHaving an engineering background makes me an unlikely poet. As an undergrad, I studied Geological Environmental Engineering at Queen’s…3 min read·Jan 26, 2020----
Tanya NeumeyerHow To Get Rid of Writer’s Block: Start A Writing PracticeGertrude Stein said “To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write.” It seems to me that…4 min read·Dec 20, 2019----
Tanya NeumeyerHow to design a poetry unitDesigning a poetry unit scares some and excites others. Educators want to get it right and this age old art form sometimes seems locked…4 min read·Oct 25, 2019----